A Brief Introduction of the Hospitals and Hospital Departments in Hong Kong
Updated: Jul 18, 2022
Clusters, Hospitals & Institutions [1]
The medical service in Hong Kong has covered all over the regions, offering convenient services to its citizens. With the current status, The Hospital Authority (HA) manages 43 public hospitals and institutions, 49 specialist out-patient clinics (SOPCs), and 73 general out-patient clinics (GOPCs). Hospitals are arranged into seven hospital clusters based on their corresponding locations, including Hong Kong East Cluster, Hong Kong West Cluster, Kowloon East Cluster, Kowloon Central Cluster, Kowloon West Cluster, New Territories East Cluster and New Territories West Cluster. You might probably wonder, why are the hospitals in Hong Kong arranged into clusters? The purpose of hospital clusters is to ensure continuity of care for patients within the same cluster.
The Accident and Emergency (A&E) Services [2]
The Accident and Emergency (A&E) services are provided at 18 public hospitals under the HA. To ensure that patients who suffer more severe conditions are accorded higher priority in medical treatment, the 18 A&E Departments implemented a triage system which classifies patients according to their medical conditions. When patients arrive at the A&E Department, they will first be assessed by a professionally trained nurse based on the severity and nature of their medical conditions. After that, they will be classified into five categories: critical, emergency, urgent, semi-urgent or non-urgent
General Out-patient Clinics (GOPCs) [3]
The general out-patient clinics under the HA mainly provide primary health care services to the elders, low-income individuals, and patients with chronic diseases. Patients can be divided into two main categories: chronic disease patients with stable conditions such as diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and episodic disease patients with relatively mild symptoms such as gastroenteritis, influenza, or colds.
Nursing services like drug injection and wound dressing are provided in GOPCs. For patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes mellitus or hypertension, multi-disciplinary teams will provide them with health risk assessments and follow-up care. As for high-risk chronic patients, targeted treatment services such as continence care, medication management and compliance, are provided by nurses and allied health professionals, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists and pharmacists. GOPCs also provide smoking counselling and cessation programmes to facilitate smokers to quit smoking.
Specialist Out-patient Clinics (SOPCs)
A specialist out-patient clinic (SOPC) is different from a general out-patient clinic (GOPC), which offers targeted diagnostic and care services to people in various medical disciplines. In the public healthcare system of Hong Kong, if citizens are in need of specialist consultation, treatment and investigation, referrals must be made in advance by registered medical practitioners before making the first appointment.
Specialities include: [4]
Anaesthesiology (Pain Clinic)
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Clinical Oncology
Ear, Nose and Throat
Eye
Gynaecology
Medicine
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics
Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Paediatrics
Surgery
Chinese Medicine Services [5]
Since 2014, the HA has been implementing the Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine (ICWM) programme. It provides in-patient Chinese Medicine services and follow-up Chinese Medicine out-patient services to patients of four selected disease areas (including stroke care, musculoskeletal pain management and cancer palliative care). Up to date, there are eight public hospitals providing the above-mentioned services, covering all seven hospital clusters of HA. In addition, the Government has incorporated Chinese Medicine into the healthcare system of Hong Kong in 2018, including the provision of Government-subsidised out-patient services by the 18 Chinese Medicine Clinics cum Training and Research Centres (CMCTRs) at each district.
Scope of services: [6]
General Consultation (including consultation fee and a maximum of 5 doses of CM products based on clinical needs)
Acupuncture
Bone-setting/Tui-na (at designated clinics)
香港各大公立醫院中英對照表 [7]：
Bilingual name list of public hospitals in Hong Kong [8]:
香港島 Hong Kong Island
港島東聯網Hong Kong East Cluster:
東區、灣仔和離島(大嶼山除外)
Eastern and Wanchai Districts and outlying Islands (excluding Lantau Island)
舂磡角慈氏護養院 | Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok |
東區尤德夫人那打素醫院 | Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
律敦治醫院 | Ruttonjee Hospital |
長洲醫院 | St. John Hospital |
鄧肇堅醫院 | Tang Shiu Kin Hospital |
東華東院 | Tung Wah Eastern Hospital |
黃竹坑醫院 | Wong Chuk Hang Hospital |
港島西聯網 Hong Kong West Cluster:
中、西及南區 Central, Western and Southern Districts
葛量洪醫院 | Grantham Hospital |
麥理浩復康院 | MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre |
瑪麗醫院 | Queen Mary Hospital |
大口環根德公爵夫人兒童醫院 | The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay |
贊育醫院 | Tsan Yuk Hospital |
東華三院馮堯敬醫院 | Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital |
東華醫院 | Tung Wah Hospital |
九龍 Kowloon
九龍中聯網 /Kowloon Central Cluster:
油尖旺區、九龍城區及黃大仙區 Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon City and Wong Tai Sin Districts
香港佛教醫院 | Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital |
香港兒童醫院 | Hong Kong Children’s Hospital |
香港眼科醫院 | Hong Kong Eye Hospital |
香港紅十字會輸血服務中心 | Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service |
九龍醫院 | Kowloon Hospital |
廣華醫院 | Kwong Wah Hospital |
聖母醫院 | Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital |
伊利沙伯醫院 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
東華三院黃大仙醫院 | TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital |
九龍東聯網 /Kowloon East Cluster:
觀塘區及西貢區 Kwun Tong and Sai Kung Districts
基督教聯合醫院 | United Christian Hospital |
將軍澳醫院 | Tseung Kwan O Hospital |
靈實醫院 | Haven of Hope Hospital |
九龍西聯網/ Kowloon West Cluster:
深水埔區、葵青區、荃灣區及大嶼山
Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan Districts and Lantau Island
瑪嘉烈醫院 | Princess Margaret Hospital |
北大嶼山醫院 | North Lantau Hospital |
明愛醫院 | Caritas Medical Centre |
仁濟醫院 | Yan Chai Hospital |
葵涌醫院 | Kwai Chung Hospital |
新界 New Territories
新界東聯網/ New Territories East Cluster:
沙田區、大埔區和北區 Shatin, Tai Po and North Districts
威爾斯親王醫院 | Prince of Wales Hospital |
沙田醫院 | Shatin Hospital |
沙田慈氏護養院 | Cheshire Home, Shatin |
白普理寧養中心 | Bradbury Hospice |
雅麗氏何妙齡那打素醫院 | Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital |
北區醫院 | North District Hospital |
大埔醫院 | Tai Po Hospital |
新界西聯網/ New Territories West Cluster:
屯門和元朗區 Tuen Mun and Yuen Long Districts
屯門醫院 | Tuen Mun Hospital |
博愛醫院 | Pok Oi Hospital |
天水圍醫院 | Tin Shui Wai Hospital |
青山醫院 | Castle Peak Hospital |
小欖醫院 | Siu Lam Hospital |
Contributed by:
CHAN Kwan Yi, Fanny (Chinese Medicine Services)
CHAU Man Wai, Tiffany (Accident & Emergency services)
CHUNG Wai Ha, Kate (General Out-patient Clinics, Specialist Out-patient Clinics & Bilingual name list)
LEONG Yin Chun, Vincent (Clusters, Hospitals and Institutions & Bilingual name list)
WONG Po Lam, Juliana
Edited by:
Dr. Janice Pan
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